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Having to poop, a man rushes to the bathroom. Except it's not a bathroom; it's a janitor's closet.

Pert Kelton and Tom Dugan star in this 1931 short directed by Mack Sennett, having a little dinner party.

A down-on-his-luck poker player gets wrapped up in a shady gambling syndicate. Faced with an ultimatum, he enlists the help of his friends in an attempt to pull off an improbable heist, settle his debt, and share in the score.

Enjoy this lively collection of Chuck Jones-produced cartoons, which showcases longtime enemies Tom and Jerry engaged in a variety of exciting chases and fun adventures, often involving dangerous traps, hilarious pranks and huge chunks of cheese. To fend off Tom, Jerry occasionally enlists the help of strangers, including a huge circus elephant, a dog, a fellow mouse and even a fairy princess.

A young man concocts a scheme to marry a reluctant fellow student, but finds the task more difficult than it first appeared.

A charming and comic New York tale about Emma, single, successful, and not a dog person, who gets stuck with a dog because her younger married sister is pregnant with twins and moving into a dog-free apartment. Her sister insists the dog is a good luck charm - he will help you find a man. And this turns out to be true... for Emma's assistant.

Daniel Lyttell is very ill, but Doctor Bozel assures Clara that the crisis is over and that her husband will eventually get well. In the dead of the night, a burglar enters the Lyttell home. His silent footsteps reach the ear of the sick man. Clara, too, hears mysterious noises. She pacifies Daniel and tells him to rest and sleep. Softly she steals out of the room to investigate and soon discovers the burglar. Quickly rushes to the telephone, but finds that the wires have been cut. For a moment she hesitates and fears, fears for her husband. Goes to his bedside and rejoices to find him asleep. Hastily dons a wrap and envelops her head in a black veil, leaves the room and busies herself rummaging in the drawers of a desk. The burglar comes upon her but is unable to intimidate the brave little woman. Clara tells him she, too, is a thief; only she came to steal very important letters. When the man attempts to go into the bedroom for his "haul," she commands him to stay where he is.